From Seattle, to Sydney, to London, Candescent films have been busy making headlines and touring the festival circuit. This week, we return to New York for the prestigious Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which kicks off on Thursday evening at 6pm with the New York Benefit screening of Candescent Award winning film E-Team at the Times Center, followed by the festival’s official opening night film Private Violence on Friday. Both films will be making their New York City debut.

E-Team, which was recently acquired by Netflix, is the story of three intrepid young human rights workers on the frontlines of identifying international human rights abuses. The screening on Thursday will be followed by a panel with co-directors Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman, as well as film subjects Fred Abrahams, Peter Bouckaert, and Anna Neistat. It will be moderated by Jon Lee Anderson from The New Yorker. For tickets and more information, please click here.

From Seattle, to Sydney, to London, Candescent films have been busy making headlines and touring the festival circuit. This week, we return to New York for the prestigious Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which kicks off on Thursday evening at 6pm with the New York Benefit screening of Candescent Award winning film E-Team at the Times Center, followed by the festival’s official opening night film Private Violence on Friday. Both films will be making their New York City debut.

E-Team, which was recently acquired by Netflix, is the story of three intrepid young human rights workers on the frontlines of identifying international human rights abuses. The screening on Thursday will be followed by a panel with co-directors Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman, as well as film subjects Fred Abrahams, Peter Bouckaert, and Anna Neistat. It will be moderated by Jon Lee Anderson from The New Yorker. For tickets and more information, please click here.

HBO’s Private Violence will screenat The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater at 6pm on Friday. Through the eyes of two survivors, the film bears witness to the complicated and complex realities of intimate domestic violence. The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Cynthia Hill, executive producer Gloria Steinem, and film subjects Kit Gruelle and Deanna Walters. The panel will be moderated by Liesl Gerntholtz, Director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. For tickets and more information, please click here.

We are thrilled to have two Candescent films premiering in New York at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Each year, the festival’s programming committee screenings over 500 films to establish a program that represents a range of countries and issue, and we are honored to be a part of it. In case you missed it, here are Ten Films Every Human Rights Advocate Should Watch at the festival via the Huffington Post.

HBO’s Private Violence will screenat The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater at 6pm on Friday. Through the eyes of two survivors, the film bears witness to the complicated and complex realities of intimate domestic violence. The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Cynthia Hill, executive producer Gloria Steinem, and film subjects Kit Gruelle and Deanna Walters. The panel will be moderated by Liesl Gerntholtz, Director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. For tickets and more information, please click here.

We are thrilled to have two Candescent films premiering in New York at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Each year, the festival’s programming committee screenings over 500 films to establish a program that represents a range of countries and issue, and we are honored to be a part of it. In case you missed it, here are Ten Films Every Human Rights Advocate Should Watch at the festival via the Huffington Post.